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Title 53. WILLS, TRUSTS, AND ADMINISTRATION OF ESTATES · Chapter 2. DESCENT AND DISTRIBUTION · Article 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS

53-2-2. Construction.

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Current through: Including Acts of the 2025 Regular Session of the General Assembly.

  1. (a)

    Code Sections 53-2-3 and 53-2-4 shall be subject to the provisions of subparagraph (d)(2)(B) of Code Section 19-7-22.#

  2. (b)

    Nothing in this chapter shall be applied or construed to expand or extend the jurisdiction of the probate courts for purposes of Article 2 of Chapter 11 of Title 19, the “Uniform Reciprocal Enforcement of Support Act,” or Article 3 of Chapter 11 of Title 19, the “Uniform Interstate Family Support Act.”#

The notes below are printed with the section but are not enacted law (O.C.G.A. § 1-1-1(c)). They are shown apart from the text.

History

Code 1981, § 53-2-2, enacted by Ga. L. 2025, p. 806, § 34/HB 327, effective July 1, 2025.

Effective date

This Code section became effective July 1, 2025.

Editor's notes

The former Code section, relating to the effect of a degree of adoption, was based on Ga. L. 1996, p. 504, § 10 and was repealed and reserved by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1352, § 3, effective January 1, 1998.

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